Hat-sweat



G. W. PARK-INSON.-

' HAT SWEAT. No. 412,201. Patented Oct. 1,1889".

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WITNESSES: 11V VENTOR A; ATTORNEY UNITED STATES HAT-SWEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,201, dated October1, 1889.

Application filed November 19, 1887. Serial No. 255,655. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern;

Be itknown that I, GEORGE W. PARKINSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, in Dutchess county, New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sweat-Leathers forHats and Caps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an imitation sweatdeather forhats and caps made without any reed or wire or cord or oiled silk ormuslin or glaze, an d without any stitching, but which shall be aperfect imitation of a reed-sweat wherein the stitches are concealed,thus producing a very useful, cheap, and easily-constructed hat-sweat,which when sewed into a hat cannot be detected or distinguished from acovered reed-sweat. To accomplish this result I take a strip of preparedleather-such as is usually employed for hat-sweats-and gum the same onthe wrong side for a space of about an eighth of an inch along the upperedge. Ithen roll the edge that has been guinrned over upon itself bypassing this edge through a suitable gage and between rollers grooved insuch a way that the imitation of a reed or covered reed is perfect, therolled edge presenting a sort of solidity, as if a cord, wire, or reedwere concealed inside the same. By this meansto wit, the rolling,guiding, and pressure the gummed edge has been made to stick closelyupon the wrong side of the sweat, and I now apply to this rolled edge ajapan, shellac, or other varnish of a quick-drying nature, generally ofa red or black color to represent the oil silk or muslin which isusually stitched on over the reed. This j apanning or coloring of theedge may be done before gumniing and rolling, or at that time orafterward, in all cases the result being practically the same, exceptthat when the coloring is done before rolling creases are formed overthe edge or at the edge, which might readily be taken for stitches andform a good imitation of what is called the whip-stitch sweat.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an end View of asweat-band, showing the edge just previous to rolling. Fig. 2 is a sideView of the sweat, showing the edge rolled over, part of it shaded torepresent its appearance when japanned or colored after rolling,andpartits appearance when japanned or colored before rolling. Fig. 3 is anend view of the sweat-band, showing the edge rolled.

I claim- 1. A hat-sweat composed of a sweat-leather having its edgegumnied and rolled, so as to present a solid appearance, as if inclosinga 6 reed, a wire, a cord, or the like, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. A hat-sweat composed of a sweat-leather having its edge guinmed,rolled, and colored, so as to present a solid appearance, and as if 6inclosing a covered reed, wire, cord, or the like, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

GEORGE V. PARKINSON.

Witnesses:

DE WITT E. Roenns, SAMUEL B. Roenns.

